❓ How long was that process for you to get your green card?
💬 Well, to get, it took a while. Like, it took a while, because she started before I was like, she moved like 10 years behind me. So like, I was like 12-ish when she moved to the U.S. So it's been a while.
❓ My son, I'm glad he's not in the same situation because he's, he is an American by blood. So like, his process is like way faster, but he's supposed to be like that. But you know what's funny?
💬 He's not Ghanaian. Like, he wouldn't be, unless he's adopted or like by blood, he's not.
❓ One of the wildest things to me was seeing how many black SUVs were rolling around Ghana. And then I finally stopped and asked if I was like, hey, what? Why do I feel like I need to answer this phone call?
💬 Give me one second. I got a feeling I could answer it.
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[0.1s]SPEAKER_01:One chick had got in the car and she had dead. I should do a survey with her, too. She said, Leslie, Leslie, talk to me for a second. Am I wrong for living like this? I was like, I don't know how you living. She said, all I gotta do is be a girl and be girly and do whatever the fuck I want to do, say whatever I want to say, and dudes will buy me shoes, they'll buy me dinner, they'll fly me out. I didn't pay for this lift ride. I just called one of my guys and he just sent me the money. And I know I ain't supposed to be doing that. But Leslie, am I wrong? Like, my whole life is paid for, for nothing. And when she said it, I was like, morally, you already know that that is, you are being a thief right now. That's really what you're doing. You are robbing men. But I get the change. I get, you are selling your soul right now. You are selling yourself out. But I mean, damn, in Ghana, it's like, you do that shit, and I'm like, you still broke. Like, you still broke. That girl had a savings. You're still broke. And you eating some subpar jollof. You ain't even going to the nice place to get jollof.
[96.8s]SPEAKER_00:But that's, every place got its problems, you know?
[99.4s]SPEAKER_01:But I would, I would admit this. Ghana really locked in my appreciation and understanding of racism and Culturalism, not culture, but how culture can affect and benefit people. I just don't belong to anywhere where I have that benefit. But you do, so I mean, it's got to be nice for you. Like, hey, there's a lawless land, but the lawlessness works for me.
[128.4s]SPEAKER_00:Like, if you don't have money, it doesn't benefit you. It benefits those who have money. Like, who have access to money and people.
[138.9s]SPEAKER_01:You can give them a murder in their country for that.
[142.1s]SPEAKER_00:Yeah. So it's like, yeah, like I, it didn't benefit me. That's why I left the country and moved here, because I'm like, I need the money. I want to get my bag. And it wasn't helping, and it got messed up.
[154.9s]SPEAKER_01:Question. Did you, what visa did you get to come over here?
[158.6s]SPEAKER_00:So my mom had moved, like, she won the lottery. And so she moved. And then she married someone.
[167.5s]SPEAKER_01:She married an American here.
[169.3s]SPEAKER_00:Yes, she married an American. And then I got my green card. So at the time I was 20, so I was under 21. So if you have a child that's under 21, you can give them the green card. Okay. So that's how I got it.
[188.8s]SPEAKER_01:How long was that process for you to get your green card?
[191.6s]SPEAKER_00:Well, to get, it took a while. Like, it took a while, because she started before I was like, she moved like 10 years behind me. So like, I was like 12-ish when she moved to the U.S. So it's been a while.
[205.8s]SPEAKER_01:When did she get married? How old were you when she got married?
[209.3s]SPEAKER_00:I think I was 18.
[211.1s]SPEAKER_01:Okay. That's could have been when she started the process.
[213.5s]SPEAKER_00:Yeah.
[213.8s]SPEAKER_01:Okay. So it took you about two and a half years before you got your card.
[217.7s]SPEAKER_00:Yes. Like, yeah.
[219.7s]SPEAKER_01:Makes sense. My son, I'm glad he's not in the same situation because he's, he is an American by blood. So like, his process is like way faster, but he's supposed to be like that. But you know what's funny? He was born in Ghana. Oh. So I, it's crazy because he's, his mom is Gambian. So we found out that according to Gambia, he's not a Gambian citizen until he's naturalized as one. There's not a Gambian consulate in Ghana. So we have to apply for an emergency passport for him to leave Ghana to get naturalized. So he's not Gambian. Ghana doesn't have any laws where if you're born in Ghana, you're Ghanaian of any kind. So he's not Ghanaian.
[271.8s]SPEAKER_00:He's not Ghanaian. Like, he wouldn't be, unless he's adopted or like by blood, he's not.
[277.9s]SPEAKER_01:He would have to be, someone's parentage has to be a natural Ghanaian. Three, he's American by blood by me, but he has to apply for his American citizenship since he was born in a country that's not naturalizing for where he's born. Ghana is not on that list. So my son, my son goes to his appointment tomorrow.
[303.2s]SPEAKER_00:But as of right now, he's a citizen of nowhere. That's it. He's not Gambian. He's not Ghanaian.
[312.7s]SPEAKER_01:He's nothing. He is just Cairo.
[316.4s]SPEAKER_00:Country of one. How did you get him to come back?
[321.0s]SPEAKER_01:Oh, he's not here right now. Okay. So he's applying for his stuff tomorrow so he can get his passport expedited. I should get his citizenship expedited so he can get his passport. So he should be an American by the end of August. So yeah, that's like, I won't even lie. That whole process of learning that with my son being born.
[344.6s]SPEAKER_00:I didn't even know that. That could be a thing.
[347.4s]SPEAKER_01:Most people didn't know. So I won't even lie. After all, it was crazy that they still issued him a birth certificate. So it was like, you have to acknowledge he's alive, but you don't have to give him citizenship.
[358.9s]SPEAKER_00:He was born here. Wow. I feel like we don't have any laws. I feel like if he lived in Ghana, he'd still be considered Ghanaian. He'd just have to prove it somewhere because we don't have any laws.
[371.6s]SPEAKER_01:We don't care. What's crazy is that there were way more detractions from my life becoming a Ghanaian citizen than there were improvements. I was like, hold up. I lose shit becoming Ghanaian and living here. They're like, yeah. You really only want other Ghanaians to think you're Ghanaian. You don't really want to be Ghanaian. I had to accept after a while living in West African countries, I was like, most of y'all aren't real countries. Y'all don't actually function. The things that countries do don't actually happen here. And then I think the wildest part, no lie. One of the wildest things to me was seeing how many black SUVs were rolling around Ghana. And then I finally stopped and asked if I was like, hey, what? Why do I feel like I need to answer this phone call?
[439.2s]SPEAKER_00:Give me one second. I got a feeling I could answer it.